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Have you ever gone to the barbershop and got kicked out for licking the barber? Yeah, me neither. But then again, I can’t remember a barber cutting my hair with the cheesy, delicious flavoring of Doritos on his or her fingers. Sure it would be very awkward but the payoff is worth it. At least that’s what the guy from the commercial is going to say. I’m pretty confident in saying there hasn’t been a commercial this year that’s made me laugh as much as this one from Doritos. So funny. So cringy. So great.
The acting, editing, audio mixing, it’s all perfect. And the guy walks out with half of a hair cut. Amazing commercial and proof that you don’t need to make it complicated. Just make it well. Two cheesy thumbs up on this one!
I’ve been finding encouragement in a few songs lately. One is by Colton Dixon. Have you heard, “Up + Up” yet? It’s a great, upbeat song with a play on the title– God lifts us up and up again (when we’re feeling down and out) and then there’s a reminder that we can lift God up and up again (in praise). From not even thinking about trying out for American Idol and then finishing in the top 10, Colton Dixon is meant to be doing what he’s doing.
There are a couple of other songs I go to when I’m in the car. TobyMac “A Lil Church.” A great song, Toby reminding us of his hip hop gospel roots, one of his best songs as a solo artist.
Toby is on this list again with “God Did It.” I love his speaking-style delivery of the lyrics in this song. When all else fails, who can do it? God. But also, we shouldn’t wait till all else fails, kind of the point of the song, I guess. But did you know there’s another song with the same exact title by a totally different artist? “God Did It” by Micah Tyler. The two songs have the same title, same melody in the chorus, released on the same day, and yet were written by two different trios of writers. What in the heck??
Micah’s version was written by Micah Tyler, Jake Henry, and Jeff Pardo.
TobyMac’s version was written by Toby, Jordan Mohilowski, and Benji Cowart.
I like both songs but all the similarities are super bizarre. I can’t find anything from either camp that references the titles and choruses matching so exactly and only a few articles mention it, too. The best way I can describe the pairing of songs, given that the writers absolutely must have been in cahoots in some form or fashion, is one is avocado and the other is guacamole. The same thing but not exactly the same thing. Do you know more about these two tracks? If so, share so we can get to the bottom of these twin tracks!
Bible study groups. There’s the person that prays too long, that one gal who cries all the time, or the couple that talks about marriage hurdles but everyone else in the group is single. Or how about the person who has all the answers? They’re never caught off guard because they just know how to practically solve every situation known to man. Or the prayer request one-upper who has their prayer request then a minute later has another one, then moments later they remember another one. Of course, you can’t have a Bible study without the person who shares every detail of their personal life or their work drama (as a prayer request, of course).
Or am I the problem? Those irrelevant details help shed light on what this person is going through. The guy who knows it all might actually have some good insight. The woman who cries a lot, well I could use a dose of her empathy. I listen to someone sharing about their neighbor’s mom’s friend who is dealing with a sick child and all I think to myself is…
IIIII……..DDDOONNNN’TTTT….. CCCCCAAAAARRRRREE…
Pray for me, y’all. I could use a little more empathy.
This installation of 5-Photo Friday is a glimpse at what I saw when I walked around the family property. Just a moment in time, lasting only an hour at the most and I got to see some cool things. Check them out…
The dragonfly. Plotting its next move and getting a tan at the same time.
Roly Poly. Nothing more Florida than an armadillo, right?
Bananas. A golden silk orb weaver, and a big one at that! Harmless to humans but still an intimidating sight to behold.
The line is out. But which line and when is it actually in, not out? Pickleball rules can be deceiving.
Stacks. Pieces of an old patio waiting to be useful again.
Just a few favorite photos from a random day in July. Check back every Friday for more galleries of shots, hope to see you soon…
I just got a text from my brother with some bad news. I don’t think the Iron Sheik hacked my brother’s phone to send me a fake message… so could it be true that the legend Hulk Hogan is gone? I Googled it and sure enough there are a lot of posts from every outlet spreading the news. First we lose Theo Huxtable and now this? Not shaping up to be a great week for any of us who grew up in the 80s… in other words, everyone over the age of 40.
When I was a kid my dad took my brother and I to a WWF match. It was a Saturday night (I remember that because my dad said we still had to go to church in the morning 😇) and the highlight, of course, was seeing Hulk Hogan wrestle. I also remember seeing the Ultimate Warrior and the Honky Tonk Man that night, too. I can’t remember if Ultimate Warrior or Hulk Hogan wrestled against Honky Tonk Man, but I know for sure there was a smashed guitar by the end of the match. I even snagged a piece of it that I held on to as memorabilia for many years. Where IS that splintered piece of wood, anyway?
That was just one tiny spec of a highlight in Hulk Hogan’s very long wrestling career. From drinking eggs to saying his prayers, the leg drop, Hulkamania running wild, or Hulk himself running out to defend a lesser wrestler, he was a legend and the hero of every boy in the 80s. Although, I’ll just be totally honest, for some reason I really liked The Iron Sheik, too. Maybe because he was the outcast, the outsider, the villain. Every hero has a villain to deal with, right? There was Andre the Giant, too, a notorious villain of Hulk’s. Over the years Hulk had many opponents who tried to take him down but with a 2-count fist pump to save a match and then a twirl of the hand to his ear, we were all in his corner.
I’m sorry to hear the news but deep down I know Hulkamania lives on. Even when he was ‘bad guy’ Hollywood Hogan, we all still knew the ‘good guy’ was behind it all. The words of his theme song come to mind…
I am a real American Fight for the rights of every man. I am a real American Fight for what’s right, fight for your life.
Upon his entrance to Heaven and he hears “Well done thou good and faithful servant,” I wonder if there’ll be an angel lifting up Hulk’s arm with a victory in his final match of life. Everyone’s gonna miss you, brother.
Out of the Wilderness 